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Originally Posted by White Out 403
Their "emergency" podcast released yesterday they touch on all the points:
-being very liberal on voting record
-not popular among POC because of her record on being "too tough" on crime as an AG
-being unpopular with young people (perhaps hated was wrong word )
It's a great listen and I highly recommend their podcast as a regular listen. They lean left but in a fair way.
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Personally I don't think much of anyone who thinks they know why some other VP candidate would have been better.
My guess is The Democrats have spent much of the last months carefully considering their strategy, their needs, potential scenarios, weaknesses of the Trump campaign, target demographics, who polls well with the groups they think they think they can get in the areas they need etc. They most likely have way more information than anyone else on this topic.
Of course more information doesn't necessarily lead to better decisions, but it does mean their decision was likely the most informed possible. Anyone else is guessing with less.
The US presidential election with it's bizarre and and antiquated mechanics makes for an extremely complicated chess game.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I know. I'm a women of color. For me it's about personal relationships. If I knew you well, wouldn't I be happier for your success rather than someone far away just because they happened to be the same race? Like i don't care if Chong is the Conservative leader over others. Does Chong being Prime Minister or Clarkson or Jean when they were GG motivate me more?
Did Palin turn Democratic women to go GOP? It's all a strange argument to me.
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People tend to vote for very shallow reasons, and they mostly care about surface level symbolism.
It's just how we are.
(Of course the funny part there is, because we care about shallow surface level symbolism so much, symbolic victories can be incredibly important.)